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But the crowds were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “Sir, from now on I will give half my wealth to the poor, and if I find I have overcharged anyone on his taxes, I will penalize myself by giving him back four times as much!”

9-10 Jesus told him, “This shows[a] that salvation has come to this home today. This man was one of the lost sons of Abraham, and I, the Messiah, have come to search for and to save such souls as his.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:9 This shows, implied. the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”

All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”(A)

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,(B) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,(C) I will pay back four times the amount.”(D)

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.(E)

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